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Relationship satisfaction depends on the mating pool, study finds

AUSTIN, Texas -- Relationship satisfaction and the energy devoted to keeping a partner are dependent on how the partner compares with other potential mates, a finding that relates to evolution's stronghold on modern relationship psychology, according to a study at The University of Texas at Austin.

When it comes to mating, people choose partners whose collective qualities most closely reflect what they would prefer in an ideal mate. They prioritize from an array of traits such as intelligence, health, kindness, attractiveness, dependability and financial prospects.

Financial status affects success of students with learning disabilities

College students who receive special accommodations because of a learning disability say they have less difficulty completing assignments and more contact with faculty outside of class than peers who don't receive extra help.

A new study by the University of Iowa, however, found that only one third of undergraduates from 11 universities who reported having a learning disability were receiving accommodations.

The disparity might come down to two things: a desire to be independent and money.

Genetic switch turned on during fasting helps stop inflammation

LA JOLLA--A molecular pathway that is activated in the brain during fasting helps halt the spread of intestinal bacteria into the bloodstream, according to a new study by a team of researchers at the Salk Institute.

EuroPCR 2016: Improving interventional cardiovascular medicine options and outcomes

Paris, France - 16 May 2016: EuroPCR 2016, the annual course of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI), will run from 17 to 20 May at the Palais des Congres in Paris, France. More than 12 000 interventional cardiologists, nurses, technicians, scientists and industry innovators from around the world are meeting to share the latest research, developments and best practice in coronary interventions, interventions for valvular disease and heart failure, peripheral interventions and interventions for hypertension and stroke.

Obese or anorexic individuals react differently to taste, CU Anschutz study says

AURORA, Colo. (May 16, 2016) - Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have discovered that women suffering from anorexia nervosa and those who are obese respond differently to taste, a finding that could lead to new treatments for the eating disorders.

"Taste is an important driver of food intake and invariably associated with distinct neuronal patters in the insula, the brain's primary taste cortex," said the study's lead author Guido Frank, MD, a psychiatrist and associate professor at the CU School of Medicine.

Study: Police more likely than others to say they are blind to racial differences

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new study reveals that police recruits and experienced officers are more likely than others to subscribe to colorblind racial beliefs -- the notion that they - and people in general -- see no differences among people from different racial groups and treat everyone the same.

The findings appear in the journal Race and Social Problems.

NIH-funded study reveals how differences in male and female brains emerge

Nematode worms may not be from Mars or Venus, but they do have sex-specific circuits in their brains that cause the males and females to act differently. According to new research published in Nature, scientists have determined how these sexually dimorphic (occurring in either males or females) connections arise in the worm nervous system. The research was funded by the NIH's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).

Study: Regular exercise at any age might stave off Alzheimer's

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 17, 2016) -- Recent research suggests that exercise might provide some measure of protection from Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.

A group of researchers led by Nathan Johnson PT, DPT, PhD of the University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences, was able to demonstrate a positive correlation between fitness and blood flow to areas of the brain where the hallmark tangles and plaques of AD pathology are usually first detected.

Slips of the lip stay all in the family

DURHAM, N.C. -- It's happened to many of us: While looking right at someone you know very well, you open your mouth and blurt out the wrong name. The name you blurt is not just any old name, though, says new research from Duke University that finds "misnaming" follows predictable patterns.

Among people who know each other well, the wrong name is usually plucked from the same relationship category, the study finds. Friends call each other by other friends' names, and family members by other family members' names. And that includes the family dog.

Children, youth take longer to fully recover from concussion: York U study

TORONTO, May 16, 2016 - York University concussion experts report that children and youth take longer to fully recover from a concussion than previously thought.

After a concussion, young athletes usually rejoin their teams in a few weeks if they do not have any active symptoms. However, it might take up to two years to fully recover from the injury before they can play as skillfully as their teammates with no history of concussion, according Professor Lauren Sergio in the Faculty of Health.

Exposure to narrow band of green light improves migraine symptoms

BOSTON - Light sensitivity, or photophobia, is a frequent symptom of migraine headaches, which affect nearly 15 percent of the world's population. A new study, led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and published today in Brain, has found that exposing migraine sufferers to a narrow band of green light significantly reduces photophobia and can reduce headache severity.

Using exercise to reduce glutamate build-up in the brain

In a new study published today in Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, scientists from the University of Guelph have found that exercise has the potential to decrease toxic build-up in the brain, reducing the severity of brain disorders such as Huntington's disease.

A narrow band of green light could improve migraines

Most migraine and post-traumatic headache sufferers find their headaches get worse in light, leading them to quit their most fundamental daily tasks and seek the comfort of darkness. A new study from Harvard Medical School reveals that exposing these headache sufferers to pure-wavelength green light significantly reduces their photophobia, or sensitivity to light, and can even reduce the severity of their headaches. The results publish today in Brain.

Size of brain region is associated with response to PTSD treatment

NEW YORK, NY (May 12, 2016) - A study has found that PTSD patients with a larger hippocampus--a region of the brain key to distinguishing between safety and threat--are more likely to respond to exposure-based therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The study, from researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI), was published online in Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging on May 4, 2016.

Obesity on the rise in Indonesia

Obesity is on the rise in Indonesia, one of the largest studies of the double burden of malnutrition in children has revealed.

Affecting many low and middle-income countries, the double burden of malnutrition describes the prevalence of both under nutrition and over nutrition in the same place at the same time. It can have a devastating impact on individuals and economies.